THE OMAHA DATLT BEE : STjyDAT , OCTOBER 2 , 1808.
JOE'S MILITARY STRATAGEM.
STORY OF AN ENSIGN WHO SERVED ON TIIEBROOKLVN ,
By MARGARET Sl'ENCER.
I.
Pay day wag almost at hand. Three hun
dred men must receive their monthly wages
promptly. Mr. Rogers , the superintendent ,
bad never failed them , but ho was now 111
-with mountain fever. This great gold and
t
"
* \ copper mlno lay In the heart of the Tucrta
7 mountains , and shipped thousands of tons
of ore.
In delirium Mr. Rogers talked constantly
of "pay day and the bank at Santa Fo. "
Not ono white man could bo spared from
the ofllco to make the Journey , for clerks
" and asiaycr were burdened with work during
Mr. Rogers' Illness. None but the superin
tendent himself had o\cr brought the gold
and silver Into camp from the bank. Ho
was often warned of treacherous Mexicans
nod Indians , but felt no fear , In his light
wagon , with swift horses , and great sums
of money snugly stowed away In valise or
box , sometimes marked boldly "dynamite. "
But now , the bank twenty miles away , only
Joe , his son Joe , 14 years old , \whom ho
could trust.
Twenty wild , dreary , perilous miles , wind
ing In and out the foothills , passing Indian
and Mexican villages , across the valley Into
Banta F .
"Mother , I must got I'm not ono bit
afraid ! Sam is splendid , and such a good
driver. "
"But , my son , your father would never
consent. What can you do ? Such a lad
and through such a country. I can't let
you go ! "
"Wo'vo got to have corn and grain
v
and a lot of things from the city this
week. Mother , now Is Just the time to
bring the money ! Hurrah for Sam and
Joe ! "
There were no telephones or telegraphs
from the valley camp to Santa Fe. Only
the weekly mall wagon , or special messen
gers brought on horseback.
"It must bo done , my boy. Oed will go
with you. The men must bo paid , and the
camp saved from strikes and violence.
Your father's honor Is at stake. "
When the sunshine was golden over the
hills , and the snowcapped Sandlas sparkled
in the distance , the boys sot out from camp.
Sam , n colored boy of 20 , Mr. Rogers' faith-
i ful servant , drove the flno horses , and was
< f in charge of Joe , the supplies and messages
* from the ofllco to the city.
"Goodbye , mother ! " shouted Joe , as ho
stood up beside faithful Sam , In the
wagon. "Don't worry , mother. We'll bring
everything safe by ( tomorrow night ! "
II.
In the Httlo loghouse , In the valley camp
ono mother prayed that day na only a
Christian mother prays for her boy In
peril.
*
In ono hour puffs of dust blew across
their faces , the sun went under clouds am
n sudden storm , so common In Mexico
Bwcpt down the valley. The wind whlrlc <
i over the tops of the mountains , and snow
came suddenly from the gray sky. The wlm
increased and shrieked through the nar
row mountain roads. Icy cold , and pitiless
it drove itho boys to their faces on the hot
torn of tbo wagon. The horses , blind and
shivering , stood still. In half an hour no
ono footprint or wagon track was vlsjble.
Sam shouted"Don't dare lift up you
head , Joe , keep flat on jour face. "
How long the storm lasted the boys neve
hnow. By some Instinct the horses began
plodding along. The sky cleared , the wlm
grew less , but only a whlto trackless coun
try lay before ithcm. *
The boys got out and walked ahead
The landmarks were but snowdrifts.
"Sam , I sco a house ! It's Anlono's
Father never goes that way. It's a saloon
and place for Mexicans 'to ' stop. 0 , It'
awful ! "
Sam opened his eyes In horror , but quietly
replied : "That's no matter : no danger to
boys , and wo Is goln' the wrong way , for
big money. "
"Tho horses must bo put up for the night ,
and wo must got warm somewhere , Sam. "
"Can you keep awake , Joe , and help watch
'cm the devils ! "
"You bet I can ! And mother gave mo
father's little pistol , too ! I haven't been
Bhootlng at a mark for nothing , either ! "
The horses were put up The dirty Mexi
cans , playing cards around their bottles , on
a dirty table , gave the boys a place by the
nmall fireplace. In poor Spanish and poorer
English they made known to each other
their wants.
"Antone" and "Juan" looked keenly at
v. . the handsome lad , recognizing him as from
A , the big mining camp
"Boy play ? Do } drink ? SI ! el , buena"
( good ) .
"Too cold , " shivered Joe , as he lay down
cloao to the fire. The night passed slowly.
The boys went out often to look after the
horses and consult together.
"Joe , " whispered Sam , "Juan asked how-
much uinero ( slher ) boy had , and they are
going to look. What shall wo do ? "
"Sam , they'll soon bo dead sleepy drunk.
. Wo must hurry off. "
"But don't shoot , Joe , If you can help it.
They'd 'kill ' us , su-ah. "
"Boy play ! Boy drlnkj" the half-drunken
Mexicans insisted ; but Joe pleaded sleep and
cold. From under his blanket he could see
Sam by the door. Antone crawled over to
him and cautiously went through his pock
ets , but , finding nothing , went back to his
cards.
Their eyes were now turned toward hlm-
eelf With nods and winks they whispered
In Spanish , "Plenty money ; buy much ; kill
him ; no , kill two ; no , get money flrst "
JOO'B heart choked him , his hand clutched
the pistol. Should he feign sleep ? No ! As
If Inspired a thought flashed across his con
fused , terrlfled , small brain He threw ofl
the blanket , yawned and yawned. "Too
cold to sleep on floor , " ho said , carelessly
Ho sat down at the table and laughed as a
boy would ; looked fearlessly and familiarly
into Antone's ugly face and asked , "Men
como yet ? Storm over ? "
"What men ? "
"Amerlcana's guard ; wagons with mud
ore to city "
The Mexicans looked at the boy with
flashing eyes , then at each other , with low
mutterlngs ,
"How many ? "
Joe sprang to his feet , held up his hand :
and counted bis lingers twice over , tossed
up his head , and with his small figure erect
marched up and down before them with the
airs and tramp of a regiment.
"Como In "
the night ?
"Ye s , " drawled Joe. "Now many men ]
guard to city. "
The Mexicans hesitated , looked out of th <
door. It was dark , but for the white snow
v piled In drifts about the cabin. They tool
another bottle , played another garao and
by daylight had fallen into a drunken
sleep.
The two boys slipped away to Santa Fe.
The banker sent them safely back to camp
with an escort , and 300 men received their
full pay. The superintendent was honored
and the camp saved "a strike. " The banker
said"Nothing but Joe's stratagem saved
his life ! Smart little rascal ! He'll be-heard
rom later ! "
Joe Is now 26. Ho wears a naval uniform.
A sliver anchor is in the , center of his shoul
der strap , and the regulation half-inch
braid on his blue sleeve marks him ns an |
inslgn in our United States navy. He has
3een In Spanish harbors and served on a
great battleship , but ho flfiys that the thun
der of shot and shell , the roar and smoke
of battle , failed to make his heart quake
nnd bis breath como In gasps as It did ten
lv I
"HOY PLAY ? BOY DRINK ? SI ! SI. BUENA. "
years ago , when ho lay trembling by the
open flre in a Mexican cabin and the drunken
dovllB whispered , "Kill him ! kill him ! "
That was Joe's first military stratagem.
Scrnplmnlc MnUiiiK Uon-lopn Into n
Hojsiilnr I > iiHliic < ift.
The most notable as well as the most
trustworthy history of the war with Spain
will bo the day by day record ot the dally
newspapers. That was not so true of the
chll war , because the newspapers of 33
years ago did not have the telegraph facil
ities or the great number of correspand-
cnts that ha\e helped the newspapers
gather each day's facts for the next day's
paper in the three months' conflict just
closed.
But , limited as were the opportunities of
the press during the chll war , the \alue
of its records was recognized in a very re
markable way when Columbia college paid
$40,000 some years ago for a scrap book
history of that war , known as the Townsend -
send collection.
At that time scrap collection was not a
business. Today press clippings are mer
chandise , nnd In scrap-book form they sup
ply a valuable feature ot a great many
libraries.
There have been Rome curious develop
ments ot the scrap-book enterprise during
the war with Spain. Lieutenant Hobson'a
exploit was celebrated in a hundred thous
and ways , ranging from the Jest of a para-
graphcr to the ponderous editorial In a
London journal. Tbo collection Is so great
that the modest Income of a naval construc
tor would hide Its head at the alue of these
clippings But no doubt some of the lieu
tenant's admirers will make him n present
of the books. Admiral Dewey's achievement
is recorded In many thousand of clippings
all carefully mounted. Admiral Sampson
may hao a complete collection of the edi
torials ot praise and criticism on his bom
bardment of San Juan and his report of
the destruction of Ce\era's licet Iloose-
cU's Rough Riders fill several books.
Some of this work , .us has been said ,
has been done on speculation , but much of
It Is order work. The % eterans of the Sev
enty-first New York \oluutcers ordered at
the beginning of the war a full set of clip
pings about that regiment A Now York
paper , \\hlch has undertaken to replace the
library of the United States ship Texas ,
thrown o\erboard at Santiago , ordered a
scrap-book history of the \essel to form a
feature of the new library A big merchant
of New York City has ordered a scrap-book
of each of the ten Now York City regiments
at the front , Intending to present them to
the regiments on their return. The family
of Ensign Worth Bagley are to ha\o a col-
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lection of the beautiful tributes to his ho-
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The collection of scraps about the war
Is going right on , and the files of all the
newspapers In the United States will bo
dissected until there Is not a war subject
In them left unclassified.
COMrOltTED IIY A MJWSnOY.
Mr . SnmiiNOii'n Tenr Checked l r
\Yhcn the dispatch announcing that Ad
miral Samoson had been killed In a naval
engagement off Santiago was printed in ono
of the numerous war editions of a yellow
Journal some weeks ago , copies of the
paper were sent to Montclalr , N. J. , where
the admiral's family Is now residing.
Mrs. Sampson was seated on the lawn
of her home as a red-cheeked , stout-
lunged newsboy came down the street cry-
Ins at the top of his voice : "Admiral
Sampson killed. Hero's ycr extra. "
The admiral's wife did not understand
what the boy was saying , but she ran down
to the cato to buy a paper ,
"What's the news ? " she asked , as the
lad held up a paper.
"Admiral Sampson's killed , " replied the
newsboy
Mrs. Sampson would have fallen to the
giound at the sudden announcement had
it not been for the support that the fence
gave her. The lad was frightened at the
effect his words had produced. Then as If
suddenly recalling to mind something ho
had forgotten , ho exclaimed ;
"Be jou Mrs. Sampson , ma'am ? 'Cause
If > ou are , I wouldn't mind what the paper
says. It's all a fake. He ain't dead. The
editors they Jes' put that story In so as to
sell napeis , but it ain't true. Wo boys
ha\e to holler out 'Sampson's killed * so's
to get folks to buy 'cm. If I'd know'd you
li\od down this street I wouldn't come this
way. Don't you worry , ma'am , Mr. Samp
son's all richt. "
The -boy's dirty face glowed with
earnestness and his ejes glistened sus
piciously as ho looked upon the counten
ance of the pale woman who stood before
him. His manner was so gentle and his
words wcro uttered with so much feeling
that Mrs Sampson smiled upon him In spite
of her tears.
rnATTi.rj OF THE YOUNGSTERS.
"I feel like a store with a bargain sale , "
groaned Tommy , as he approached from the
direction of the pantry , the immediate sur
roundings of bis mouth being a suspicious
dork red.
"What's the matter , my dear ? "
"Jam inside. "
"My papa makes pictures and he's a
painter , " said ono little tot proudly to an
other.
"My papa , " declared the other , as she
swelled to the limits of her tiny proportions
tions , "makes busts and he's a he's a he's
a buster , that's what he is. "
"There ! " exclaimed C-ycar-old Mabel ,
tin owing down a book , "I Just ain't going
to school another day. "
"Why , " asked her mother , "what's the
matter ? "
"It's no use wasting time , " replied the
Httlo miss , "I can't ne\er learn to spell.
The teacher just keeps changing the words
every day. "
"Tommy , " said the teacher to one of the
Juvenile class , "how many Is the halt of
eight ? "
"On top or sldowajs ? " asked Tommy.
"What do you men by on top or sldo-
wajs1" " inquired the puzzled teacher.
"Why. " replied the bright little fellow ,
half from the top of 8 Is 0 , and half of it
eldowajs is 3 see ? "
"Why , Willie. " asked a woman of her lit
tle nephew , aged 4 , "what are > ou crying
about' Tell auntie your troubles , and per
haps I can help you. "
"N-no jou c-can't , " sobbed the Httlo fel
low , "r\e g-got on my Su-Sunday c-clothes ,
and m-mamma says I'\o g-got to k-keep
them c-clean , and I c-can't ha\e n-uo fun ,
s-so I c-can't. "
Minnie , aged G , had been to Sunday school ,
and upon her return home her little brother
asked her what she had learned there.
"Well. " she replied , "I learned that all
our days are numbered. "
"Pshaw ! " exclaimed the little questioner
in dUsust , "I'd think that anybody who
ever a saw a calendar would know that
much. "
In Lafayette Square , early one recent hot
morning , says a writer in the Washington
Post , I came upon two Httlo girls , who were
elttlnc on one of tbo benches , and whlllnc
the time away In that characteristic amuse
ment of childhood , bragging.
"I've got a great big music box , " said
one ,
"That's nothing , " said the other. "My
grandpa's going to give mo a really , sure-
enough piano next year. "
"Wo'o got a piano now , remarked the
flrst child. "And we've got a new dining
table all solid mahogany. "
The second child was equal to the occa
sion.
"Humph ! " ' she said , contemptuously ,
"most everything In our house Is that.
Why , even our potato masher Is solid
mahogany. "
TOM1 ON THE 1'IICACIIEUS.
The bulletin board in front of a Cleveland
church the other Sunday contained this
rather ambiguous announcement : "Evening
service 7 o'clock. 'Hell is Paved with Good
Intentions. ' All are welcome. Seats free. "
The tenets of John Wesley and his disciples
were eagerly embraced in Norfolk , relates
the Westminster Review , and Giles fre
quently became a local preacher. One "local , "
Sam by name , is described as "n born
teftcher , " though his similes often dropped to
the burlesque. On one occasion ho took for
his text , "Tho wages of sin Is death , " and
picfaced his sermon as follows :
"My frinds , brother Paul tells us that th'
waages o * sin is death. Now let's see wuther
wo kin grasp wet ho maan by't S'poso I wor
tu go an du my haarwcst for Mr. II. ( a local
farmer ) , an' arter all'th' wuk wor dun go an'
ax Mr. T. ( another farmer In the same vil
lage ) fur my waages , wet du yeou think Mr.
T. would saay ? Suro-ly ho would up and
saay , 'Sam , yeou air a fulo , go an ax Mr. H.
fur yer waago , yeou ha' dun ycr haarwest
there , wet du yeou como an' ax me > fur > er
waages fur ? ' An' ef I wuk all my lolfe fur
th' daavil an' go tu God fur my reward , Ho
wool saay , 'No , no , Sam , yeou go tu th'
doavll fur yer reward , yeou hev wuked fur
him In the haarwest o' lolfe , he must pay
yoou. ' " '
The Chicago Chronicle relates the follow
ing episode in the career of an Omaha cler-
gjinan :
Bishop Worthlngton of Omaha is now a
strict churchman. His sermons are severe
In doctrine and hold out Httlo hope to sin
ners unless they repent. However , the
bishop knows human nature. Ho learned
It in the best school for an education of
that kind the far west.
Years ago , when iMr. Worthlngton was a
recent graduate from the theological sem
inary , ho began his gospel work in Butte ,
Mont. The town was then a mining camp
pure and simple. It had saloons , dance
halls and gambling rooms , but neither
church nor school its Inhabitants were
rough , tough and ready manliness was their
god and It was this manliness which made
the west what It is.
At college Worthlngton was a boxer and
an oarsman. In Butte these accomplish
ments served him well , for they gave him
a strong arm and a quick eyn. His gospel
services were held in a tent. There was no
money to build a church.
One day as be was walking along the
principal street the bully of the town approached
preached him.
"Do jou want to flght ? " asked the des
perado.
"No , " replied the clergyman.
"Then take that ) ! "
But "that" never came. Worthlngton
warded off the blow and with his good right
fist sent the bully to grass In scientific fash-
Ion.
Ion.ThaU
ThaU night the affair was talked over In
Cy Henry's gambling house.
"I like that chap Worthlngton , " said Bill
Johnson. "Ho strikes a good blow. Let's
all play for him tonight. "
The proposition was agreed to nnd the
next morning $1.800 won at faro was pre
sented to Che minister. That money built
the first church in Butte.
Plenty of Tlnif.
Chicago Post"Gertrude , " said the old
gentleman In an earnest , thoughtful tone
"Yes. father , " replied the beautiful girl '
That young man of yours who has Just
returned from the war is going to stay here
some time now. "
"Why , of course he Is , father , " answered
the beautiful girl "I guess I know tliat "
"Do you ? " asked the old gentleman In
surprise. "I thought you didn't. I gath
ered from > our actions that you thought ho
was going back again In the course of fif
teen or twenty minutes , and that it was con
sequently necessary to unload your entire
stock of kisses within that time. "
Then the old gentleman looked at the
beautiful girl , and tbo beautiful girl blushed
and said he was a mean thing and ehe didn't
care , anyway.
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Record of a Now York Schoolmaster
Astonishes the Profession ,
TEACHING YOUNG IDEA SIXTY-TWO YEARS
Anil Wlmt a StorjHe MlRlit Tell of
lllrclii-H nnil MiltiRlcH mul Sucli
i : > e mill Mlml Und -
d I in mi-d liy Yenm.
It Is qulto safe to say that Theodore Camp
of Mount Vernon , N. Y. , holds the record
as to years of service ns school teacher Ho
has been teaching for over sixty-two years ,
nnd now , although In the eighty-first year
of his age , ho Is still energetic , nnd seems
to ha\o a deeper interest than c\cr In his
class of bos and their studies.
Mr. Camp , born In ISIS , was brought up
on a farm in Connecticut. When 10 yea's
old his parents , who were of the old Purl-
tan stock , remoxed to a farm near Utlca ,
N. Y. Young Theodore had to work hard
most of the year in order to attend school
the remainder. An older brother set apart
a tract of land , the income from which
went to the boy's education at a small
academy nearby. When ho was nearly 18
years of age , while at work o'n the farm
ono day , the village trustee , knowing of the
young man's ability , appointed him teacher
of the district school.
Hero ho taught for several years , when
It became necessary for him to take a
change , for his health , and on a leave of
absence ho came to New York. Mr. Camp
recuperated rapidly. When ho mentioned ,
In talking with his friend , John Stephenson -
son , the well known car builder , that ho
was entirely well , Mr. Stephcnson offered
to got him in a Now York school The offer
was accepted and Mr. Camp was given a
class of boys , who had been found un
manageable. At the end of a month ho re
ported that ho had not accomplished as
much as ho had hoped and that ho thought
iomo ono clso might make better progress
with them. The superintendent then , for
ho flrst time , told him that he was the
only ono who had ever had any success
with them at all.
Keeping ilic llo > * Ilnny.
When the time came for the regular teach
ers' examination Mr. Camp requested to
take his on Saturday , for , ho explained , if
ho left his class ono day ho would lese the
control which he had taken so long to ac
quire. Ho was excused entirely from tnk-
ng the examination , the superlnetndent ct
plaining that If ho could keep those boys
busy and orderly ho need not take a further
examination.
Ho was nicknamed by the boys , "Teddy
Six-Foot-Ten , " but they soon learned to re
spect him and to take interest in the work.
Mr. Camp decided to locate here perma
nently , nnd secured a residence in Mount
Vernon. An opportunity was given him to
take a class in another part of town. To
his surprise , on making the change , the
greater part of the old , notorious class de
cided to stay with him nnd followed to the
new school. This attracted attention , and
was a strong recommendation for Mr ,
Camp. ,
In 1863 ho was given charge of Stock-
bridge academy , near Syracuse , where he
stayed until 1SC8. Sevcnty-flvo of the young
men of the academy left to go to the war ,
though most of them returned nllve. It Is
perhaps from hearing Mr. Camp tell , after
school hours , of these boys' war adventures
that the boys infer that ho fought , too , for
when the school sings Its favorite soug ,
"Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp ground , '
the b"oys change the words to , " 'Teddy , ' Tonight
night'Teddy' Tonight , 'Teddy1 on the Old
'Camp' Ground. "
Cruel JoUo.
Mr. Camp tells of a dangerous practlca'
Joke played by a youngster while he wa
at the academy , during the war. It hai
a lasting effect , for through It Mr. Com ]
lost much of his prestige in the city. Al
though Mr. Camp had strong sentiment
as to the slavery question , ho had neve
made them public. Ono morning a numbc
of people aroused him and indignantly aske
if ho was aware that there was a rebel
flag over the school house. Mr. Cam
rushed out , saw it and tried to get I
down , but could not get at the rope. Ho
got a neighbor , who was cross-eyed , but a
good marksman , to come out and shoot It
down with a rifle. On examination Mr.
Camp found that the flag was homo made ,
and to his astonishment was able to locate
the mischief maker at once , for ho recog
nized in it part of the red curtains that had
hung In a neighboring dwelling ,
Mr. Camp resumed his school in New
York City after the war , and he has re
mained there to the present day , and ho
will celebrate his sixty-first year of teach
ing next January. Mr. Camp's success in
TIinODOIin CAMP.
teaching is undoubtedly duo to the fact
that ho takes a personal interest In the
welfare of each industrious scholar and
helps him out after hours. His ono aim In
teaching seems to bo to prepare boys for
the great battle of life. Ho is visited in
his country homo by many gray-headed
men , his former pupils , who admire the old
gentlemen , and are surprised to find him
still active. Ho Is usually found enjoying
the work of his garden , when at home.
Mr. Camp spends a good part of his
summer vacation in ( Undying up new courses
of study for tbo next term of school work ,
as new branches of instruction arc contin
ually beln ? added. In appearance ho Is tall
i and slim , stooping somewhat , partially bald
( and has gray , almost white , curly hair , but
his strong voice and great vivacity make
his ago hard to realize.
A better Idea of the service to the public
of such a career may be had when It la
considered that an average of at least ono
hundred scholars have been promoted by
him yearly , which would credit him with
having taught no less than 6,000 pupils dur
ing these sixty-two years , and from all ap
pearances It would seem as though he were
prepared for many more years of teaching.
Tin ; OIITIMIH.S. : .
The returns of the last Massachusetts cen
sus show that of 1,592 persons in the state
who had passed the age of 90 , Just 470 were
men and 1.122 were women. Of the thirty-
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flvo who had gene beyond the great limit of
100 years , tboro were six men and twenty-
nine women.
Dr Martin Van Duren Stevens of the class
of ' 99 in the Kansas University Law school
Is 71 years of age.
Prof. J. W. Johnson of Oregon State uni
versity , who has Just died , crossed the
plains driving an ox team with hla parents
in 1850.
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flowers in the path of Lafayette hai gone
The aged Miss Emery of Eliot , Me. , has
seen many changes In 'her day , which hiu
lasted for 103 years.
Living quietly In Philadelphia , still hale
and hearty at 77 , is Jay Cooke , Just
twenty-flvo years ago the banking house of
Jay Cooke & Co. closed its doors , and the
great panic of 1873 resulted. The man
who had saved bis nation from financial
ruin was himself a bankrupt. The firm had
3,200 creditors. Every penny of the in-
debtedne 3 has been paid , and In the twi
light of his llfo this old man , tbo master
ot finance , Is again a ilch man
Ex-Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin was 82
years old on the 22d ult , and receded many
congratulation ] nt bin homo In Oshkosh In
spits of his advanced ngo ho Is re
markably vigorous physically , and there are
many who believe that ho Will again bo
seen nnd heard In public life , and that hli
perbonality will make Itself felt at another
republican national convention.
On the death of Hcglnn Dlexner , which
recently occurred at Worschetz , In South ,
Hungary , at the ago of 111 years , her rela-
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relatUcs and friends of the decease on Au
gust 22 of our beloved mother , mother-In-
law , grandmother great-grandmother , great-
great-grandmothcr and great-grcat-great-
grandmothcr" This was Hlgntd by three
sons , two daughters. thirty-lUo grandchil
dren , ninety great-grandchildren , twelve ot
the fourth uud three of the Cfth generation.
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